Jalapeño Chiles

March 31, 2008 /

Thick-fleshed and slightly sweet, this dark-green, medium-hot chile has fresh and grassy vegetable flavors. When fully ripe, jalapeños turn bright red. Chop them and mix into a salsa, in which their sweet heat develops over time. To remove some of that heat, take out the seeds and the veins. Smoked, dried jalapeños are called chipotles.